Hello?

Does anyone still read this? Or would anyone still read this if I were to blog more?

One of my favorite quotes...

"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God."

Don't you wish everyone, including mysel, lived with this quote as their life motto? The world would be such a better place!

My Papa

hey guys, if anyone needs any real estate/mortgage services, check out www.palladiumfinancialgroup.com and contact my dad, gabe. he is one aggressive dude who will go out of his way to get the best deal for you!!!!

I'm SO excited!

The two closest weddings I've attended have been Renee's and Dina's weddings, and I walked in both of them, Which means the dresses I wore were chosen for me. So now Cliff's wedding is fast approaching and I just started dress shopping yesterday. Vanessa and Marie very kindly accompanied me on my adventure to Great Lakes Crossing Mall. I tried on about 15 dresses but fell in love with only one. They didn't have the color or size I wanted so I was bummed out. There was another dress that Vanessa and Marie liked but I didn't love it so I didn't buy it. So I got home and told my mom about the dress I loved and she said she'd make it for me!!!!!! YAAAAY! Below is the dress:





But instead of the halter part, my mom is gonna make it an off the shoulder cap strap like in the pic below:




Help me choose a color from the colors in the link below: (click on it to see the names and colors more clearly)



I was thinking something darker/deeper than scarlet but brighter/lighter/redder than rich wine, what'd you think?

It's been a long time!

I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted anything! I guess I've been too busy working and babysitting. I was supposed to go to AZ this friday but plans changed =( I'm going to vegas next weekend =)


This is where Teresa and I are staying (Thanks Brian!!!!) We even get a tiny taste of Paris!


I know I go on vacation kinda often but it gives me something to look forward to! I really feel like I need this one, and I feel like I deserve it, too.
So in preparation for Vegas, I've been shopping. A LOT. More than I've ever shopped before probably. I have enough stuff to change my outfit every couple hours in Vegas.


So I finally inverted bobbed my hair! Anyone that knows me well knows that I always wanna do it, go back and forth for weeks, then end up doing it anyways. This time was no different. I was going back and forth for months this time. I decided I'd let it grow and see if I liked it long. But Foof and Chris bought me a gift certificate for a haircut with Lydia at Beauty Lounge so I did it. Lydia's the one who FIRST inverted bobbed my hair years ago! I'd go in to get a haircut and I always said "do whatever you want" and one day she did it. I LOVED IT then and I still love it now.

That's about the most exciting news I have for ya'll!

I'm Scared

Why am I scared of EVERYTHING? I'm spending the night at Renee's cause Adam is "out of town" for work and we're watching tv. I just got SOOOO scared from a COMMERCIAL about psychic kids. I mean it's a freaky commercial. But I hate being this way!!! I didn't tell Renee this but I won't look out the window she is by cause I feel like I'll se a man standing there with a mask on and knife. (writing this is scaring me) When did I develop such irrational fears? How do such fears even develop? I have been like his ALL MY LIFE. Renee and Cliff used to have an intercom system throughout their house when we were little and sometimes they used to turn off all the lights and play the beginning of a song (which I don't remeber. The beginning was, as I remember it, a very evil laugh. So did my fear start here? Or was I already scared?

Below you will find a list of some of my fears...

- Waking up to a man, wearing a mask, standing beside my bed with a knife
- When I get home at night, I get nervous looking for my keys cause I feel like someone is gonna come up behind me, make me let him in, and rob then kill us
- Snakes, Lizards, Mice, Scorpions, Water Mocassins, etc.
- PUBLIC SPEAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Takeoff and Landing on planes (most of the time)
- Closed shower curtains. (Renee always knows when I've been over her house cause the shower curtain will be open) Ask not!
- Driving through a stop sign and hitting someone riding their bike or walking

...Just to name a few!!

Do you guys think I should see a psychologist? Sometimes I do. I don't wanna live with such fears....

Stealing From Family and Friends

Dear MarMar -
I love you dearly my fabulous sister, but why do you insist on stealing the one and only talent I possess? I mean, can I get a break here?! =(

Love,
MishMish


p.s. Your purse mushroom phyllo thing was yummy.

ANGER!!!

I just had this sudden but understandable bout of anger rush through me! So my dad recently moved his office. And the lady that works with him is out of town so I offered to come to the office to help my dad out. And I know what some of you may be thinking, my dad has become hitler again. No! It's not my dad this time! There is a neighboring office inside the building that belongs to a young CHALDEAN guy my age. And for the past couple hours there have been young guys and one girl going in and out. Which is fine, it's their office they can do as they please BUTTTTT WHY DO THEY FEEL THE NEED TO TALK LOUD ENOUGH FOR ME TO HEAR THEM ALONG WITH ANYONE ELSE IN THE BUILDING?!?? And if you could hear the one guy that was talking most of the time, you would feel this same anger. Typical chaldean voice, accent and vocabulary. Where do these people develop an accent if they're born here?? An exact quote from one of the guy's phone conversations: "bro, she has a bad ass body!...No bro, her face is nice too" AHHHHHHH!!! And then the stupid little girl in her ditzy stupid voice "OH MY GODDDD STOP IT!" "OH MY GOD!! He DID? They're GORGEOUS...AWWWWW" Do you guys know the voice and accent I'm talking about???? SO ANNOYING! At one point I called Anita at work to talk me out of going in there and just bashing some of their faces in. Sorry, but writing this helped. Have a great day!

My wedding song:

My favorite disney movie!

I absolutely LOVE this song. And I love this movie too.

LOOK WHO'S BACK!!

I'm kind of actually excited! haha!

Obsessed

Renee, I'll agree that the Linkin Park song is a little annoying when he keeps repeating "I bleed it out...." So, here is a more mellow song that I'm obsessed with. Marie HATES when I play music over and over again but yesterday, when she was not home, I put it on repeat for over an hour.



I'll be honest, I'm kinda mad that I even like this song after finding out that Billy Corgan sings it. I used to HATE smashing pumpkins when Marie loved them! But it's like eating bruschetta and loving it then saying "gross! it's made out of tomatoes? i HATE it!" You can't really take it back once you've liked it. So anyways, I love that song...

Linkin Park

I'm obsessed with this song right now...especially the beginning

Arizona

Oh how I miss Arizona! I love it there. I've never actually liked pools or the heat but I think that is slowly changing. Actually, it's probably just that I don't like the humidity that comes along with MI or FL heat. It was 90 degrees and absolutely PERFECT in AZ! I don't have pictures yet cause my friends are slacking on uploading them but here are a few I took from my phone:

The backyard of the beautiful house I'm obsessed with!...


The "dusty" bottles =)


What our days consisted of...


The song of the trip...



So my question to you all is....WHO CHOSE MI?

Think Before You Smoke...

We all know that cigarettes are bad for us. But have you ever really looked into what cigarettes and cigarette smoke contain? I went to thetruth.com to show Renee some of their very clever commercials but found so much more!!! How do you feel after reading the following?:

* Hydrogen Cyanide is found in cigarette smoke. Hydrogen Cyanide is also used in prison executions.
* Acetic Acid is found in cigarettes. Acetic Acid is also found in floor wipes.
* Insects have been found in cigarettes. Insects are also found in dirt.
* Sodium Hydroxide is found in cigarettes. Sodium Hydroxide is also found in hair remover.
* Acetanisole is found in cigarettes. Acetanisole is also an ingredient in some perfumes.
* Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in dynamite.
* Hydrogen cyanide is found in cigarette smoke. Hydrogen cyanide is also in rat poison.
* Formaldehyde is found in cigarette smoke. Formaldehyde preserves the dead.
* Geraniol is found in cigarettes. Geraniol is also found in pesticides.
* Acetone is found in cigarette smoke. Acetone also removes nail polish.
* Hydrazine is found in cigarettes. Hydrazine is also found in rocket fuel.
* Toluene is found in cigarette smoke. Toluene is also found in gasoline.
* Cadmium is found in cigarettes. Cadmium is also found in batteries.
* Cinnemaldyhyde is found in cigarettes. Cinnemaldehyde is also found in pet repellant.
* Methanol is found in cigarettes. Methanol is also found in antifreeze.
* Urea is found in cigarettes. Urea is also found in Pee.
* An ingredient in mothballs- naphthalene- is also found in cigarette smoke.
* There are 11 known human carcinogens in cigarette smoke.

Those are just a few of the up to 599 additives found in cigarettes and cigarette smoke.

One of the clever commercials I showed Renee:

OH MY FUCK!!!!!

I'm ready to cancel my trip to AZ....I am NOT kidding, if i see one of these anywhere near me....omg I don't even know what I'd do. What am I supposed to do? I am being 100% serious, what do you do if a snake is near you? Run in zigzags? Oh wait no, that's an alligator. Do you just run from a snake? Can they outrun/outslither a human? I'm gonna navigate a hospital on my phone from now. =(

The heading for this video was "Rattlesnake on the patio in Cave Creek"



p.s. if you're wondering how I found this, I youtubed "Cave Creek", the city where the house we're staying at is, and this shit came up.

Nanny or chef? Nanny or Chef?

What'd you guys think? Since I can do snappy from anywhere, why not make extra money. Why didn't I think of this before?? So I thought I'd find a prt-time nanny/babysitting job. A couple days a week. I was telling Brian my idea and he thinks I should be a personal chef instead. So the Poll of the day is: Personal Chef or Nanny? (or cooking classes)

How Will I Know

It is normal that I suddenly LOVE this song after like 22 years?

I WANNA GO TO VEGAS!

Anyone wanna go with me???

Who wants to move?

It's been SO long since I've posted a real blog. Sorry to my daily readers (foof). There just is nothing to blog about!! My life is EXTREMELY boring. I'm really just sick of everything in MI. I feel like my life is at a stand still. I wanna move! But I can't do it alone, I'm too big of a chicken to live alone =( Chicago, Vegas, or Scottsdale anyone?? (I'm open to other cities too!)

So I thought more people would have donated to the Relay for Life by now! What is everyone waiting for?? For everyone reading this, PLEASE forward the email I sent to EVERYONE you know, or even ask your employers for a corporate (tax-deductible) donation! If you don't have the email let me know, I'll resend it to you. Thank you in advance! We have a couple events coming up. I'll write more about them when I have all the details.

You know how Marie has picture of the day? Well, I'm gonna start song lyric of the post (whenever I post)

"I don't care what other people say,
I don't wanna give it up easy.
I can't keep on holding on your love.
Nobody knows what I feel,
Nobody feels what I say.
I can't keep on holding on your love"

to hear the whole song, Deeper, visit: http://www.myspace.com/torchmcclouchee

over and out

Relay for Life

Hi!! It's that time again! I'm asking you to please pull out your wallets and break your piggy banks and help save some lives! My friends and I have started a team with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life®.

As we all know, Cancer affects millions of people across the globe and unfortunately, even our closest loved ones. But by making a donation, you will be a part of Relay For Life® to celebrate survivors, remember the people we've lost to cancer, and fight back against this disease!! I am joining the fight against Cancer in memory of my grandma and my aunt. Who will you be helping for?

Our team fundraising goal is $5,000. Please make a donation to team Picture a Cure and help us support the fight against cancer!

You can do so by clicking on the following link:

https://secure3.convio.net/tacs/site/Donation2?idb=270966497&df_id=1002424&FR_ID=4319&1002424.donation=form1&PROXY_ID=270098&PROXY_TYPE=22

If you'd rather send a check or donate cash, please let me know!

On behalf of everyone who's been affected by Cancer in one way of another,

THANK YOU!